By: Liz Mcneil
‘‘I’ll sing this song if it’s the last thing I ever do," the blonde bombshell recalled to Richard Meryman in her final interview, excerpted exclusively in PEOPLE and published in full in new book 'Marilyn: The Lost Photographs, the Last Interview.'




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